Old peasant beliefs about how when someone died they tied the gate shut and believed for 40 days the soul to wander the earth before judgement. Death was personified as a woman with a scythe. 40 was average age a man might become head of household.
Old peasant beliefs about how when someone died they tied the gate shut and believed for 40 days the soul to wander the earth before judgement. Death was personified as a woman with a scythe. 40 was average age a man might become head of household.